Oregon State Senate

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The Oregon State Senate is the upper house of the Oregon Legislative Assembly. There are 30 members of the State Senate, respresenting an equal amount of districts across the state, each with a population of 114,000. The State Senate meets at the Oregon State Capitol in Salem.

As with the lower House of Representatives, State Senators serve four year terms without term limits. Term limits were declared unconstitutional by the Oregon Supreme Court in 2002, overturning a decade-old law that had restricted State Senators to two terms (eight years).

Like certain other upper houses of state and territorial legislatures and the federal U.S. Senate, the State Senate can confirm or reject gubernatorial appointments to state cabinet, commissions, boards, and other state governmental agencies.

The current Senate President is Peter Courtney of Salem.

Oregon, along with Arizona, Maine, and Wyoming, is one of the four U.S. states to have abolished the Office of the Lieutenant Governor, a position which for most upper houses of state legislatures and indeed for the U.S. Congress (with the Vice President) is the head of the legislative body. Instead, a separate position of Senate President is in place, removed from the Oregonian executive branch.

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[edit] Make-up of the State Senate

Affiliation Members
  Democratic Party 17
  Republican Party 11
Independent 2
 Total
 30
 Government Majority
 6

[edit] Senators of the 2005 Legislative Session

Senate President: Peter Courtney (D-11 Salem)
President Pro Tem: Margaret Carter (D-22 Portland)
Majority Leader: Kate Brown (D-21 Portland)
Minority Leader: Ted Ferrioli (R-30 John Day)

title="State Senate districts"
title="Portland Senate districts"
title="Willamette valley Senate districts"
District Name Party
1-Roseburg Jeff Kruse Republican
2-Central Point Jason Atkinson Republican
3-Ashland Alan C. Bates Democrat
4-S. Lane/N. Douglas Floyd Prozanski Democrat
5-Coos Bay Joanne Verger Democrat
6-Springfield Bill Morrisette Democrat
7-Eugene Vicki Walker Democrat
8-Albany Frank Morse Republican
9-Molalla Roger Beyer Republican
10-Salem Jackie Winters Republican
11-Salem Peter Courtney Democrat
12-McMinnville Gary George Republican
13-Hillsboro Charles Starr Republican
14-Beaverton Ryan Deckert Democrat
15-Hillsboro Bruce Starr Republican
16-Scappose Betsy Johnson Democrat
17-Beaverton Charlie Ringo Democrat
18-Portland Ginny Burdick Democrat
19-Tualatin Richard Devlin Democrat
20-Canby Kurt Schrader Democrat
21-Portland Kate Brown Democrat
22-Portland Margaret Carter Democrat
23-Portland Avel Gordly Independent
24-Portland Frank Sheilds Democrat
25-Gresham Laurie Monnes Anderson Democrat
26-Mt. hood Rick Metsger Democrat
27-Tumalo Ben Westlund Independent
28-Klamath Falls Doug Whitsett Republican
29-Pendleton David Nelson Republican
30-John Day Ted Ferrioli Republican

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